#4E484E#4E484E

#4E484E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.013 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E484E
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(300, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.36, 3.79, -2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.36, 4.63, 324.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.97% 0.0104 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(40.97% 0.013 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8342, 6.8045, 8.1596)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E484E #484E48

analogous

#4B484E #4E484E #4E484B

triadic

#4E484E #4E4E48 #484E4E

tetradic

#4E484E #4E4B48 #484E48 #484B4E

square

#4E484E #4E4B48 #484E48 #484B4E

split-complementary

#4E484E #4B4E48 #484E4B

monochromatic

#100F10 #2E2B2E #4E484E #6E656E #8D838D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#4E484E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E484E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E484E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E484E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E484E	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48494E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494A4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E484A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e484e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.013 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b7f',
    500: '#4e484e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e484e;
$custom-light: #7f7b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e484e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40969,
    "c": 0.01259,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E484E

secondary

#767C76

accent

#AD7B7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E484E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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